The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-03

necessarily LOT bOuo tim6. uOnt
think the oveif)w will hurt any OF
the buildings around the rivers; II
will hardly reach that point. The logs
and small buildings, however, will be
unable to stand the pressure, andi {
will greatly surprise me II there Ia any
corn husking done on the b. toms
this season. 1 think II will be swept
away before II ripens. Mind / don't
say but that may be wrong, but /
don't think 90. My observations are
the result Of years OF study over these
matters and seldom miss my guess."
RAILWAY Review: The decision re-
Gently made by the Illinois Railroad
Commission In regard 10 railroad milk
rates from suburban points 10 Chica-
20, is one Of the few instances where n
similar body has taxed the railroad
view Of the question. In considering
the ultimate as also the producing cost
OF the milk, the railway rates az
charged were pronounced ess1nable
and the Commissioners refieed 10 in
terfere In the matter rs far as the rail
roads were colcsrned. II Ia interest
ing to note that the commission went
q sep further and commenced upon
the proportion Of the railroad rate 10
the cost OF the consumer, showing
that the proportion OF the price paid by
the milk user which goes TO the rail
road was much smaller than Is gener-
alIy supposed. The value OF q gallon
OF mix delivered In Chicago by the
railroad, aftsr paying all trsnsporta-
ton charges and the price received by
the producer. was less than half
OF It's retail value, the bal
ance being added by the jobber
and retailer. The commission wisely
adds that Il would DO we'll II the pro.
ducsrs could come nearer the consum.
ers through some regular agent rather
than through the present system OF
middlemen. II may be remembered
that this relation between the rail way
earnings and the total cost Of the ar
ticle, which holds In the milk traffic In
question, agreea very closely With the
proportions preeented by Mr.. Akin.
son some time since In relation to the
cost Of q loaf Of bread. He showed that
barrel OF -four laid down In New
York or Boston was worth not more
than half Its retail coet TO the cou-
sumner a. bread, even when 6guriDg
cost Of transportation, milling and the
amount received by the farmer who
raised the wheat.
The Railway News london, Eag.
land), improved the occasion Of the
jubilee to give some interesting figures
aud "reminiscences OF the status oil
railroads In the United Kingdom flity
years ago, giving list Of the mlesg,
and capital Of all tho railroads which
had been constructed In whole or par
at the time. The lift commences
with the Surrey Iron railway, min,
miles long, with capital OF ESQ 600
In 1901. The Stockton and Darling
ton, forty miles long, with q capital 0
cs50, 00J, Ia 1891, Ia the twentieth u
the list, and was pre-, dei by 2SO.
miles. When the Liverpool aud Man
cheeter was crmpleted In 1915, with {
capital Of fl .485, 900 for Its thirty an,
three quarlors milee, II made ass
miles open, and was the thiIty fiitl
road, and In 1887 there were iiity
three roads, with a capital OF e9,S36
O00 aud 1924 miles. Ia 1886 ther
were 1884 miles open, with capits
Of Es2l 100000 The capital per mil
was eii,770 IN 1887. against ei2 80
In 1886. Az there are 1887 Q
fquare miles In the Unit,
Kingdom, there was mile @
railrt nd 10 1853 square miles at Oh
commencement OF the Qaeen's reisr
and l mile 10 abou, 0l tqusre mite
now. Twenty.three other roadr, hos
ever, with an aggregate length OF Ill
miles, we're then either under cor
sti uction or had obtained acts Of lncoI
poIatlon. 0aly one road had In lS3
entered London, and In that year
committee OF the House Of Common
was appointed % lnves igate whethe
the railroads could DO regarded a. ~
modes Of conveyance for her maiei
ty's mails. They reported that II Oh
malls we're sent by the railways, III
posiofllce, with view b their SCI
custody, ehould run its own epein;
and trains upon the railways, givin
~ q matter OF grace and favor, pei
mission for a limited number a pei
sons 81 travel in tbs trains, or Ia the
own private carriages pl -ced on III
trucks dat canD Of tho railway con
pAnlss.
ST. LOUIS Globe.Dem ocrs,: Ami
this general era Of prosperity, hov
ever, there are those who are not slo
10 predlc, that the turning point HI
been reached. aud tina, tie oand
burning Al both ends will yet sc'rC
the hand Of I've bearer. Considerable
In Kansas, for example, 10 cited a. /
instance OF q period OF recklessne
sndla deeire for sgnAndlEement white
will soon be brought 10 q Close. III
, pessimists even shake thslr heads No
, talk OF 1873, pointing 10 the burnC
FIELDS OF Kansas aud the failure OF u
crops. IL must be admitted that eve
the most conservative are alive 10 Oh
view of the situation, with cerIa
!. notifications, and express doubts
0 tbs future earning cApscity OF roads
coun ~ out OF which there Ia not
! log TO haul This would, OF court
!, apply moro particularly 10 those 2
= glons whose mainstay 10 the crop
= and not 30 much 10 territory aboun
ing In timber and mineral. The
opinions have for the mos, part be-
, brought 10 focus by the rece
d action Of the A'ohison In amour
< ing the withdrawal from Il
"a held Of many OF lts surveyor
aud Il would not be surprlalng
x many II other roads followed It's g,
J, ample In the near future. Indeed,
j. is learned that the Missouri Psclh,
70 proiege, the Denver, Memphis and
u lantic, has canceled a contract for
y least one txtenfton Of tsenty mile
n IL Ia admitted that tho Missouri 1
cino ltaeli 10 feeling la way yory ca
n tiously, aud tina, the Frisco Ia not
y together satisfied with Ia recent Tex
n venture through the Indiau Tsrritor
" while the Colorado, SHAT started o
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